16-year-old Adu Hannah, the only person who can see in her family is struggling to go to school despite gaining admission to Adeiso Presbyterian Senior High School.
Her mother, Appiah Comfort, a beneficiary of Crime Check Foundation’s (CCF) Charity Series is unable to acquire the items on her prospectus to enable her start school.
She tells crimecheckghana.org that though she is blind she sells sachet water in a school and also undertakes laundry jobs for people to fend for the family.
Miss Appiah said the income she makes from her business barely suffices for food for the family and therefore sponsoring Hannah has become a challenge.
She said she feared her only abled daughter could have her bright life thwarted with teenage pregnancy when she stays home.
“Hannah is the only person who can see and has been helping me with chores. I want her to soar higher so that she can take care of me when I grow old but this may not be possible if she does not continue her education. She can even get pregnant if care is not taken,” she said.
With a tall list of items for Hannah’s smooth stay in school, she approached CCF for support.
As part of its educational support series, the Foundation with contributions from its donors, Germany-based ‘Daughters of Lord Church of Pentecost’, and Emmanuel Boabeng in the US gave her One Thousand Two Hundred Ghana cedis to enable her obtain the items.
Madam Comfort was grateful to CCF and the donors for the support. “I thank you for your relentless support. May God bless you and grant you long life for you to continue the good deed,” she said.
Hannah promised to study hard because she wants to become a journalist.
The gesture was part of the Foundation’s Educational Support Series.
CCF’s Educational Support Fund
The Educational Support Fund is meant to support needy but brilliant students to pay their fees so that their future is secured.
CCF is appealing to the general public to contribute to the Fund so that many other students can be supported.
By Rudolph Nandi
Email: rudnankp4@gmail.com
